Your Blogging Staff

Contributing to this blog:
- "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.
- "judi" is Judi Smith, who is Dave's Research Department, as well as being interested in men.
- "Walter" is Walter, a bone from the penis of a walrus.

Key Quote: Blowing incense over a sacred llama fetus perched on a bed of coca
leaves next to posters of the leading candidates, the shamans shook
rattles, chanted "up, Obama, up!" and threw flowers at their images.

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson, who notes that Sacred Llama Fetus would be a good name for a rock band)

October 29, 2008

HERALD HUNT FLASHBACK

GIFT GUIDE UPDATE

The Blog and The Photographer are hard at work on this year's Gift Guide, which will be published November 23rd. Sadly, this suggestion, sent in by Carol Roach via snailmail, did not make it to our desk in time to be considered.

VOTING UPDATE

VOTING UPDATE

Here in the voting line we are passing the time trying to decipher the ballot questions, which were written by lawyers from Mars. They sound like this: "Shall the legislature not be empowered to prohibit the abolition of those entities that are currently excluded from Article XI, Section 3, Subsection iv, Row 5, Seats A and B, or not?" People are soliciting advice from total strangers ("Do we want to retain these judges?")

TROUBLE AHEAD

Yesterday we adopted a dog from a shelter. Her name is Lucy, and she's mostly Lab, around 8 months. She's very sweet and has quickly adapted to our home and yard. Especially our yard, which she finds absolutely fascinating ("Hey! A dog urinated here! Wow! A dog urinated HERE, also! Ohmigod! A dog also urinated HERE! Wait a minute! A dog ALSO urinated..." etc.). The one troubling thing is that Lucy has discovered Walter.